Hofmann becomes an American citizen. He delivers an address at the annual meeting of the American Abstract Artists at the Riverside Museum. Solo exhibition at the Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans.

Following the War, FDR signs the GI Bill of Rights which enables veterans to attend college. Art schools are flooded with returning G.Is, including, Robert Irwin, Ellsworth Kelly, Robert Rauschenberg, Wayne Thiebaud, and James Gahagan (pictured at right).